Man shoots at wife's boyfriend, kills self in Madison Heights

MADISON HEIGHTS -- A Warren man showed up at his estranged wife's mobile home and fired a shot at her live-in boyfriend before fatally shooting himself in the head, police say.

The shooting happened just before 12:30 a.m. Sunday at the Ackels Mobile Home Court, 25151 Dequindre, just north of 10 Mile Road.

Police identified the man as James Richardson, 31. The shot he fired at the boyfriend, 29, missed him, police said.

"He apparently was trying to reconcile with his wife and they had been separated for about a year," said Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson. "He was apparently upset she was moving on with her life."

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Richardson's wife and a man tried to resuscitate him and were huddled over his body outside the wife's home when police arrived, police said.

Officers recovered a .40-claiber Smith & Wesson. Richardson was taken to St. John Oakland Hospital in Madison Heights where he was pronounced dead.

Richardson was talking to his wife by phone shortly before he drove to her mobile home and became upset when he heard her boyfriend's voice in the background, Anderson said.